Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-06-28
WHAT ROYALTY COSTS.
SOME THOUGHTS AND FIGURES
BROUGHT OUT BY THE JUBILEE.

Victoria's Receipts from England-The
81O,OOO,OOO Year of the Gar and
the S1,eOO,OOO of tho Baby King OF
spain-Incomes of Other Monarchs.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON June g.
Great Britain is holding jubilee this week.
Why2 To honor Queen Victoria. What has
she dones She has reigned fifty years! But
has she done anvthings Mol And has she
been paid for doing notbipgs Yes, and
right royalty, too. She has received about
slOO,0OO,0o0. For nothing! Yes. 1t is be-
cause she is the queen
Aud yet Queen Victoria gets less than did
the kings before her. Royalty is about the
dearest thing in the world today 1t costs
England to maintain its royal, princely and
ducal families about SIC, 900, 900 year, and
the queen has received for the last fifty years
an annual allowance of nearly s2,O00,OOO.
In addition to this she has immense private
estates, among which are the Duchy Of Lam
caster, whose revenues are seldom less than
500, 600 a year, and whose aggregate reve-
| nues since the day of her coronation will per-
haps amount to sl0,00O,000. 1t costs her
nothing to keep her family, for her sons and
daughters are paid from SIS, 900 to $500, 600
year each and the family have private for
tunes which will run up high into the mil
lions The prince Of Wales got $4,000, 600
when he became CT age, and he has private
estates of more than ID, 900 acres. His income
is not less than 81 600, 900 year, but he takes
the 100000 without "thank you" from the
pockets of the English people.
| 1t is much the same with every country
that boasts a king. Russia pays its emperor
10000, 900 a year, and he has also an i'm
| from tho lands nd
forests. They include gold and other mines
in Siberia, and no one knows how big the
private income of the car is Still, he has
| five children and wife, and his expenses in
warding off the dynamiters are somewhat
| heavy.
The baby king Of Spain was year old OF
the 18th of May, and his income is over So, 90,
a day, or 81 200, 600 a year. In addition to
this Spain gives allowances to other members
Of the royal family, and Queen Margaret, this
babys mother, has the right to manage his
property until he gets Of age. 1t matters not
that Spain is poor and her people burdened
with taxation She pays twice as much for
her crown as she does for education and keeps
getting deeper in debt every year.
The sultan of Turkey has an income nearly
as large as that of the car He gets
$500, 900 from Egypt, and his income
/
this, however, he has to keep up his court and
his harem, and the imperial harem is quite an
institution in Turkey. The first child born
60 the sultan, whether its mother be slave or
one Of his wives, is legitimate, and in certain
cases becomes his successor. The court and
the harem include about 5000 persons, and
the sultan complains that his income is not
large enough to cover his expenses.
Egypt, after paying the above tribute to
Turkey, has also to pay the expenses of its
khedive, and the khedive gets 100000 q
year, or just ten times the salary of our presi-
lent This sum is allotted to him for himself
aud he has an allowance also Of $40, 600 for
his father, and three quarters of a million for
the rest of the royal family. When it is re-
membered that land in Egypt is taxed about
'S',p""e e"d t'let tl.s regulation is about
only e-tenth of that of the United State
it will be seen that the kings ride on horse
back while the people 60 on foot.
Nearly every one of the little kingdoms of
Germany pay royal salaries to those who pre-
side over them. SAKE Weimar is a kingdom
of just about the size of Rhode Island, and
its laboring people work for Is cents a day
| and upwards. 1t has a duke who gets one
| seventh OF all the revenues Of the kingdom
and who, though he has a large private for.
tune, thinks nothing Of taking 5000, 900 a year
from his people. In Mecklenberg Streltz The
reigning family owns three-lifths of the land
and the grand duke runs things as he pleases.
King William Of Prussia has civil list of
| 81 200, 600 a year, and Bavaria, notwithstand-
ing the debt Of the kingdom. pays its king
Ike amount. Little Wurtemberg gives its
ouke $3.50 900, and the king of Saxony has an
annual allowance of 100000 for himself and
900 year for his wife.
Both Austria and Italy do well by their
kings, and Franz Joseph, who is burdened
with wife and three children, gets only
| t,650O00 annually from Austro- Hungary.
liz has palaces and to spare and he does not
lie awake nights worrying about the fact that
} IS wages are paid in the deprecated currency
CT his realm. Vienna, 1t is said, is covered
with mortgages. But the kings salary is al
| ways paid, and there is no fuss about the
| house when the queen rides q fine horse to
death as. it is said, she has done several times
| in the past
| KING Humbert Of Italy has only one levy.
His allowance of 81, 000, 900 is ample for his
wants, and he is able to give little assistance
to his brothers He governs kingdom which
has about half the population of the United
States, the income of which during the last
two years has been about S2,O0O,OOO a year
| less than its expenses. 1t has a debt of
SS,@oo,oOo,uUO, ana It's subjects pay yearly
interest of nearly dollar a head. Still they
| apparently think little of dispensing with
| royalty and bear their burden without much
| muIInuring.
The debt Of Portugal also increases yearly,
and it has been in debt for nearly 100 years.
In 1876 it began by borro wing 81, 800, 900, and
it now pays an interest Of more than that
amount every year. Its debt climbs up right
along, and though it has a population not
much larger than that of New York state, it
has debt of 800, 900, 900 more than we have
and it pays its king eight times as much as
our president annually and gives its queen
$4,000 year for pin money. Belgium has
population nearly as large as Portugal and
it has king to whom it gives $500, 200
year. The wages Of its people are as low,
perhaps, as those of any people in Europe and
It's government debt amounts 10 about SIS for
each man, woman and child in the country.
Monarchy costs Denmark about $500, 900 a
year; Sweden and Norway, 1857 900; Rouma-
mia, $40 Zoo, and Greece, $4,000 Holland
lately cut its king down 40 per cent, but he
still has s200,Oo0 year. and he does not 60 to
his largest commercial city, Amsterdam, more
than Two or three tin,s within twelve
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